PHOENIX (CN) — The Ninth Circuit on Monday affirmed an Arizona federal judge’s delegation of decision-making authority to a court-appointed monitor in a nearly two-decade class action over racial profiling by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. In his third injunctive order since finding that then-county Sheriff Joe...

Ninth Circuit affirms monitor’s authority in Maricopa County racial profiling case

North Carolina State

Johnston County, NC

NBC News

Lawyers for a Black defendant challenging his 2009 death sentence argued Wednesday that North Carolina's documented history of racial discrimination and perceived implicit bias in jury selection supports his claim that he should be resentenced to life in prison. If that were to happen in the case of Hasson Bacote,...

Lawyers spar over alleged jury selection racial bias in Black defendant's death row case

Georgia State

Law & Crime

After a two-phase trial that lasted a total of eight days, the 8-person jury decided on actual damages of $3.75 million and concomitant litigation expenses of $750,000.
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Pro-Trump defamation attorney Lin Wood must pay former law partners $4.5 million after defaming them as 'criminal' extortionists on social media

Colorado State

Chaffee County, CO

Denver, CO

DENVER (CN) — Prosecutors from the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Colorado asked a federal judge on Wednesday to apply absolute immunity and dismiss a $15 million lawsuit filed by a widower who was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in 2021. Barry Morphew’s wife, Suzanne,...

Colorado prosecutors, sheriff ask federal judge for immunity from a widower’s malicious prosecution claims

Wood Village, OR

Save 50.0% on select products from Y\u00B7J Back home with promo code 50BQ98JA, through 8/16 while supplies last. Walmart Ordered to Pay $4.4 Million in Racial Profiling Case. Walmart has been ordered to pay $4.4 million to Michael Mangum, an Oregon man who was racially profiled by an employee at one of their stores. The incident, known as the “Shopping While Black” case, occurred on March 26, 2020, at a Walmart in Wood Village, Oregon.

Jury Awards $4.4M to Man Racially Profiled at Walmart (Video)

Maine State

Portland, ME

(CN) — The First Circuit upheld a federal law Friday prohibiting nonviolent felons from possessing guns, despite the Supreme Court’s landmark Bruen case that expanded gun rights under the Second Amendment. Carl Langston, who was sentenced to 57 months for possessing a gun despite a previous criminal conviction,...

First Circuit upholds gun ban for nonviolent felons

Los Angeles County, CA

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Herbie J Pilato

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

South Carolina State

The Independent

 The appeals are just beginning for disgraced former South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who is almost three years into a life sentence without parole for killing his wife and son.The South Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear Murdaugh's appeal of his murder convictions. His lawyers said they resulted from jury tampering by the clerk of court who watched over jurors during his six-week trial.And in federal court, Murdaugh is appealing the 40-year sentence he was given after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $11 million from clients and his law firm.Defense attorneys said that punishment — 10 years longer...

3 years into a life sentence, Alex Murdaugh to get his day before the South Carolina Supreme Court

Texas State

A judge has now unsealed a lengthy order explaining why "Trump Train" participants are heading towards trial in a Ku Klux Klan Act lawsuit filed over the 2020 surrounding of a Biden-Harris bus.
The post Judge in KKK Act suit against ‘Trump Train’ drivers highlights ‘similar’ incident from 1868, mentions ‘don’t make me Rittenhouse your a–‘ T-shirt request first appeared on Law & Crime.

Judge in KKK Act suit against 'Trump Train' drivers highlights 'similar' incident from 1868, mentions 'don't make me Rittenhouse your a--' T-shirt request

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Mississippi State

Geofence warrants, the ability for police to get a broad amount of information about electronic devices in a given location, are unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment, according to a ruling Friday from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The ruling is somewhat surprising given the fact that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is considered the most conservative appeals court, as Ars Technica points out, typically giving preference to police over individual liberties.

Geofence Warrants Are Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules

Lewiston, ME

LEWISTON, Maine (CN) — The horrific mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, last October that killed 18 people and wounded 13 others might have been prevented if authorities had acted sooner on information that the shooter had psychological problems and was a danger to others, a commission of former judges, former prosecutors and psychiatric experts found in a report released Tuesday.

Lewiston shooting tragedy could have been prevented, expert report says

LEIPZIG, Germany (AFP) — A 99-year-old former Nazi camp secretary on Tuesday lost an appeal against her conviction for complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people, in what could be the last judgment of its kind in Germany. Irmgard Furchner was handed a two-year suspended sentence in...

Former Nazi secretary loses appeal against conviction

Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Business Insider

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell must pay the attorney fees of a man who won his "Prove Mike Wrong" competition, a judge ordered.

Judge orders MyPillow mogul Mike Lindell to pay attorney fees to winner of 'Prove Mike Wrong' contest

Scripps News

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Federal Trade Commission that would have made it easier for employees to quit a job and work for a competitor. Here's what to know.

FTC's bid to ban noncompete agreements rejected by federal judge in Texas

District of Columbia

The Associated Press

An antitrust lawsuit the District of Columbia brought against Amazon was revived Thursday after a federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s decision to dismiss the complaint.  A Superior Court trial judge “set too high a bar” for the district’s complaint, which presented “sufficient facts to survive” Amazon’s motion to have the case thrown out, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ruled.  The lawsuit, filed in 2021, accused Amazon of anticompetitive practices in its treatment of third-party sellers, which facilitate most of the sales made through the retail giant’s online shopping platform. “We disagree with the District of Columbia’s allegations and look forward to presenting facts in court that demonstrate how good these policies are for consumers, Amazon spokesperson Tim Doyle said Thursday. “Just like any store owner who wouldn’t want to promote a bad deal to their customers, we don’t highlight or promote offers that are not competitively priced.”

Appeals court says the District of Columbia can proceed with its antitrust lawsuit against Amazon

Virginia State

Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

L.A. TACO has identified the police officer seen in a viral video sucker-punching a detained man named Alexander Mitchell in Watts over the weekend as Los Angeles Police Department Officer (LAPD) Joshua Sportiello.

LAPD Officer Identified After Punching Detained Man In Face In Watts On Video

New Jersey State

Ocean County, NJ

New Jersey Monitor

State law does not require prosecutors to give written approval for wiretaps consented to by one party of a communication, judges find.

Verbal approval enough for consensual wiretaps, appeals court rules

NewsBreak

California judge scuttles motion to dismiss in racial discrimination case

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A federal judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed by four Siskiyou County Asian Americans who claim their local government...

California judge scuttles motion to dismiss in racial discrimination case

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